Following is an update for active COVID-19 cases in the Okotoks area as of 4 p.m. on May 26 according to Alberta government statistics.
Town of Okotoks — 73
Foothills County — 33
High River — 13
There were a total of 512 new cases identified in the province over the past 24 hours bringing the total of active cases in Alberta to 9,277, 34.3 per cent of which are variants of concern.
Currently, there are 517 patients hospitalized with COVID, 147 of whom are in ICU.
Province-wide restrictions were put in place earlier in the month to stop the spike and combat the rising active case count and hospitalization numbers.
Premier Jason Kenney announced his reopening plan during a May 26 press conference, introducing a three step province-wide plan towards eased restrictions based on hospitalizations numbers and the percentage of vaccinations amongst the eligible population. Step 1 of Alberta's Open for Summer Plan is set to begin on June 1.
More information on the current public health measures can be found at https://www.alberta.ca/enhanced-public-health-measures.aspx
Vaccine rollout
The Province announced 2,668,567 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered as of May 27. To date, 372,151 Albertans have been fully immunized with two doses, representing 8.3 per cent of the population. Thus far, 51.4 per cent of Albertans have received at least one dose.
Regional vaccine data now available from the province indicates that in the Okotoks-Priddis region 50.8 per cent of the population has received at least one dose of the vaccine, in High River region that number is 48.3 per cent and in Black Diamond the figure is at 47.1 per cent.
As of May 10, all Albertans born in 2009 or earlier are eligible to book for the COVID-19 vaccine.
The full list of who's eligible can be found at: https://www.alberta.ca/covid19-vaccine.aspx
More information on vaccine appointments is available at https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/topics/Page17295.aspx
